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The Open Source Everything Manifesto Chapter 6 Whole-Systems Thinking Extract III Even before the digital information explosion, the rapid expansion of scientific, social scientific, and humanities knowledge led to the fragmentation of academic disciplines, and then increasing fragmentation as sub-disciplines developed.  Figure 14 depicts how little of the knowledge can be accessed via online search, …

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The Open Source Everything Manifesto Chapter 6 Whole-Systems Thinking Extract I In The Collapse of Complex Societies, Joseph Tainer concludes that if we are to achieve sustainability and resilience, we must nurture at all levels across all boundaries a culture that elevates “problem-solving” as well as the ability to think strategically–an understanding that everything is …

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The evolution of evolution is a transition from unconscious to conscious choice. – – – – – – – – In order for us to live within this finely balanced constellation of complex systems, in order for the Earth to show resilience and last for centuries into the future as an environment for human life, …

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The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Chapter 5 Integrity, Lies, and Panarchy Extract III All the kum-ba-ya in the world and all the micro-issue think tanks and advocacy groups are ineffective because they lack a strategic analytic model, a process for doing intelligence so as to do informed activist democracy, and a call to arms that …

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For a tiny book from a boutique publisher, this is huge….there is no advertising budget, no public sales effort, etcetera.  This is a word of mouth rising. Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #50 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Government     > Democracy NOTE:  Amazon is selling the …

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The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Chapter 5 Integrity, Lies, and Panarchy Extract II Every major segment of our society–academia, civil society [including labor unions and religions], commerce, government, law enforcement, media, military, and non-government/non-profit–is currently suffering from epidemic lack of integrity, which only gets worse at large scales of operation, leading to implosion from corruption …

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The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Chapter 5 Extract I In the twenty-first century, intelligence, design, and integrity comprise the triad that matters most.  The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is the non-negotiable starting position for getting it right, and this is crucially important with respect to the sustainability of the Earth …

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